New Delhi, Jan. 10 -- As many as 27 Indian nationals who were trafficked to Myanmar returned safely to India on Friday after being stranded in the country following false job offers abroad.

This came after Minister of Civil Aviation & Srikakulam MP, Ram Mohan Naidu, wrote a letter to Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar, seeking urgent diplomatic intervention for the rescue and repatriation of 27 Indian nationals stranded in Myanmar.

According to an official press release, the Indian nationals had been lured overseas on promises of employment and were later trafficked to the Myanmar border region, where they were subjected to coercion, physical abuse and forced cyber scam operations.

The matter was taken up through diplomatic cha...